LED Creator Celebrates 50 Years On

It’s fifty years ago this week since the first practical experiment producing visible light from a light-emitting diode. The idea that electricity could directly generate light goes back to the early 20th century. That led to exploration of the idea of tweaking the principle of a transistor to intentionally control the movement of electrons and […]

Ashley Eckstein Celebrates ‘Star Wars’ Reads Day! [Interview]

On Saturday, October 6, 2012, Star Wars fans young and old united across the United States to celebrate the first annual ‘Star Wars Reads Day’. As we already mentioned in the event’s introductory article, the day was created by Lucasfilm, but involved the corroboration of all its publishing partners – from Dark Horse to Random […]


The Mysterious Reality of Artist Kathy Tardif (Kardif)

While celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary last week, my wife and I visited multiple art galleries in Baie-Saint-Paul and Quebec City to purchase our first “real” piece of art. So while admiring the work of various painters at the Beauchamp Art Galleries, we fell in love with a painting titled Reinventing my Life (pictured above […]

Montreal Comic Con 2012 in Pictures (Cosplay + Event)

As with last year, I was at the Montreal edition of the Comic Con this weekend, and boy did I have a blast taking pictures of the various cosplayers attending the event. I especially liked Poison Candy Latex‘s stand, which featured Jared Candy’s geektastic sci-fi and superhero-themed latex clothing. If you’ve missed our post featuring […]

Dragon*Con 2012 Cosplay Pictures: Day 4 [Gallery]

Today, we got some new pics from our photographer Bill Watters, and we filled in with a few other creative commons-licensed picture from flickr users Leepus and DeadSetDork. Thanks for the pics guys! We should get some other pictures in the coming week as well, so expect one last gallery in the next few days. […]

Dragon*Con 2012 Cosplay Pictures: Day 3 [Gallery]

Edit: Hey people from the Philip DeFranco Show! Welcome! To keep up with us, be sure to LIKE us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter, and Subscribe to our RSS feed! Enjoy the galleries! Yesterday was day 3 at Dragon Con 2012, but unfortunately, we haven’t received any pictures from our photographer for that day. […]

Dragon*Con 2012 Cosplay Pictures: Day 1 [Gallery]

Yes geeks, it’s that time of the year again! As usual, Dragon*Con is taking place during Labor Day weekend (August 31 – September 3, 2012), and as with last year (Be sure to check them out here!), we’ve got some pictures of various cosplayers attending the event. Many thanks to photographer Bill Watters for covering […]